This volume contains the following manuscripts described as either an Inaugural Dissertation or an Inaugural Essay presented to the University of Maryland for the Degree of "Doctor of Medicine" or "Doctor of Physic" : Pneumonia / by Norris, M. McK. ; Scarlatina / by Mitchell, Frederick G. ; Puerperal Septicemia / by Cowles, Josiah E. ; Typhoid Fever / by Smith, William M. ; Acute Parenchymatous Nephritis / by Jones, Oliver F. ; Differential Diagnosis of Heart Diseases / by Pbostin, Swem ; Erysipelas / by Thomson, M. Augustus ; Typhoid Fever / by Flannery, Francis J. ; Influences Which Modify the Action of Medicines / by Cleaver, J. Henry ; The Physician / by Clark, Charles H. ; Sporadic Dysentery / by Batson, A. F. ; Pneumonia / by Giles, Alfred B. ; Clinical Reports of Six Surgical Operations / by Shepherd, J. Hopper ; Anatomy and Physiology of the Pneumogastric Nerve / by Frontis, D. B. ; Caries of the Spine / by Riley, Charles H. ; Pneumonia / by Allinder, D. K. ; Cholera Infantum / by Grove, Frank W. ; Typhoid Fever / by Mendenhall, James N. ; Heredity / by McGee, T. J.